The State Government has released a Government order giving its seal on the hike in allowances of the Home Guards from ` 350 to ` 400 per day. The Chief Minister Harish Rawat had on December 6, 2015 declared that the allowances for them would be hiked soon while addressing a programme held at home guard directorate, Naroorkheda.
Informing this, additional DGP (administration) Ram Singh Meena said on Thursday that A total of 6411 home guards who are serving in different wings of the police department and State Government would be benefited from this hike. As per requirement, home guards are employed in the police department.
Meena said that the home guards are rewarded on a par with police constables for their success in cracking cases. The facility of age relaxation is available for home guards too when they apply for any posts in police and fire services departments, he added. Several welfare schemes are being implemented by the State Government for the welfare of home guards and their families.
He further said that the home guards are deployed on various works like maintaining law and order, crime and traffic. They also work as computer operators in the police department. Attending emergency duties is one among their long list of duties. Home guards are handling all the jobs at par with the constables. Save for a month, they are given jobs throughout the year, he added.
A home guard deputed at Collectorate said, “It is good that the government order has been released on the hike in allowances from ` 350 to ` 400. We have been demanding the hike for the past few years.”
Another said that things had been very difficult for them to meet the spiraling family expenses with the prices of all the essential commodities sky-rocketing. “Besides, there are tuition fees for our children. ` 15, 000 per month should be the minimum amount for us by way of allowance,” he added.